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Cloud monitoring vs. On-premises - Prometheus and Grafana

Prometheus and Grafana are the two most groundbreaking open-source monitoring and analysis tools in the past decade. Ever since developers started combining these two, there's been nothing else that they've needed. There are many different ways a Prometheus and Grafana stack can be set up.

How to Compare DCIM Vendors

The process of choosing the right Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) software can have a significant impact on your organization’s success or failure. With a proven track record of helping thousands of customers evaluate their DCIM options, we at Sunbird recognize the importance of making an informed decision. We understand the unique challenges faced during the selection process, and we are committed to helping you navigate through them.

Realtime Collaboration in Kubernetes to Supercharge Team Productivity - Civo Navigate NA 2023

Join Narayan Sainaney, the CTO of Codezero, as he delves into the challenges of real-time collaboration in Kubernetes and shares a personal tale of scalability, outages, and the solutions that emerged from these challenges. Discover how Codezero's tools can redefine your Kubernetes experience.

Unlocking Cloud Migration Excellence with a Vision Statement

A successful cloud migration begins with a well-defined vision of the desired outcomes and alignment to the organization’s strategic goals. At Tidal, we often work with customers to develop vision statements and success metrics that provide a North Star to guide the migration journey. Vision statements help balance tactical project objectives with the customer’s broader mission.

The Ultimate RDS Instance Types Guide: What You Need To Know

Amazon’s Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) offers a variety of database instances, which can be confusing at first. In this guide, we'll clarify what each RDS instance class, family, type, and size means in under 15 minutes. Let's start at the beginning.

Announcing the Harvester v1.2.0 Release

Ten months have elapsed since we launched Harvester v1.1 back in October of last year. Harvester has since become an integral part of the Rancher platform, experiencing substantial growth within the community while gathering valuable user feedback along the way. Our dedicated team has been hard at work incorporating this feedback into our development process, and today, I am thrilled to introduce Harvester v1.2.0!

Bunnyshell and EaaS in 3½ minutes

With Bunnyshell, teams can easily create and discard environments as needed, such as development, staging, and testing environments. Three ways to create environments are demonstrated: cloning an environment, using templates, and leveraging existing Docker Compose files. Bunnyshell simplifies the process of creating environments, allowing teams to focus on their work. It can be integrated with existing pipelines and is valuable for various software development phases.

Understanding Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS)

Hello, and welcome to this deep dive into one of the most underappreciated yet profoundly useful technologies in the Windows operating system—Volume Shadow Copy Service, commonly known as VSS. Have you ever been caught in a situation where your computer crashes, and you lose hours, days, or even weeks of work? It’s a heart-stopping moment that most of us have unfortunately experienced. But here’s where VSS comes into play.

Accelerating Decision Advantage of Command and Control with Mattermost

In the fast-paced, dynamic landscape of multi-domain operations, military commanders need to be able to make rapid, data-driven decisions and seamlessly coordinate units to achieve mission success. The multi-domain fight is incredibly complex, incorporating ground, air, space, and cyber, and as a result, has driven the evolution of traditional command and control (C2).